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Rhodes: England And One-Day Cup May Benefit From Earlier Slot In SeasonMonday, October 5th, 2015

Worcestershire Director of Cricket Steve Rhodes believes a case can be made for the Royal London One-Day Cup swapping places with the NatWest T20 Blast and being staged earlier in the season.

Rhodes feels the 50 over competition can benefit from having a slot in the calendar when players are "fresher" during the initial stages of a campaign.

Worcestershire had to play five RLODC matches in seven days at one stage this summer with other counties having to endure similar sequence of games deep into an already demanding schedule for the summer.

Rhodes can see the advantage to England in preparing for the 2019 World Cup in this country from an earlier slot for the RLC.